1 Samuel 14:20-22; 1 Samuel 17:52; 2 Kings 3:18; 2 Kings 3:24; Judges 3:28; Judges 7:23-25
Ahab's Victory over Ben-hadad. Chs. 20 and 22 come from another source. Elijah does not appear, the religious interest is less prominent, and Ahab...
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.
And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of the provinces. Then he said, Who shall order th...
War between Israel and Syria The Syrians besiege Samaria, but a sally being made from the city by the direction of a prophet, they are driven off,...
Smote ] the LXX has 'took.' To aid his pursuit Ahab took the horses abandoned by the Syrians.
AHAB AND BENHADAD 1 Kings 20:1-30 IN the Septuagint and in Josephus the events narrated in the twentieth chapter of the Book of Kings are place...
a Prosperous Nation 1 Kings 4:1-7 ; 1 Kings 20:1-43 ; 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 22:1-53 What a picture is here given of national contentment...
the God both of Hills and Valleys 1 Kings 20:16-30 What is God to us? Is He only the God of the hills? We expect religion to serve us when we c...
Here begins the actual movement in the downfall of Ahab. Ben-hadad, drunken, profligate, despotic, came in the pride of arms against Samaria. By the...
(16) And they went out at noon. But Benhadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kings, the thirty and two kings that helped him....
And the king of Israel went out ,.... Of Samaria; when he saw the Syrians fleeing, and his army pursuing, he went forth, perhaps, with more forces,...
And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter. Ver. 21. And slew the Syrians. ]...
They slew every one his man Who came to apprehend him. And the Syrians fled Amazed at the undaunted and unexpected courage of the Israelites, and...
AHAB DEFEATS SYRIA (vs.1-22) God's care for His people Israel is still remarkably displayed in this chapter in spite of the unholy character of...
Ben-hadad's Defeat. B. C. 900. 12 An...
Went out, i.e. proceeded further in his march, and fought against them. The horses and chariots, i.e. the men that fought from them, or belonged...
The Initial War With Benhadad ( 1 Kings 20:1-21 ). This war would appear to have been occasioned by a refusal by Ahab to pay the tribute due under...
War With Benhadad King Of Aram ( 1 Kings 20:1-43 ). There is no indication at what point in Ahab's reign these events occurred, but a situation is...
THE DEFEAT OF THE SYRIANS CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 1 Kings 20:1 . Benhadad —Son of the king of the same name mentioned (chap. 1 Kings...
1 Kings 20:3 . Thy gold thy wives are mine. The African princes still send similar messages to one another. Mungo Park mentions one who sent an or...
EXPOSITION THE INVASIONS OF ISRAEL BY THE SYRIANS AND THEIR RESULTS .—The insertion of this chapter, which contains an accoun...
Benhadad's first Defeat
And the king of Israel went out and smote the horses and chariots, all those who were trying to escape by means of them, and slew the Syrians with a...
The king went — Proceeded further in his march. Smote the chariots — The men that fought from them.
21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a great slaughter.